Legend of Sleepy Hollow

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1928. RACKHAM, Arthur; BAYNTUN. First Trade Edition in A Lovely Binding

RACKHAM, Arthur, [illustrator]. BAYNTUN, [binder]. IRVING, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1928.

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RACKHAM, Arthur, [illustrator]. IRVING, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1928.

First trade edition. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches; 240 x 180 mm). [1]-[103], [1, blank] pp. Eight mounted color plates and thirty text illustrations in black and white.

Beautifully bound by Bayntun in full green calf. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. Spine with red and blue calf spine labels, lettered in gilt. Board edges tooled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A fine copy in a lovely binding.

Latimore and Haskell, pp. 63-65. Riall, pp. 164-165.

HBS 69621.

$1,000.